Written question asked by Baroness Debbonaire (Labour) on Thursday, 14 January 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 January 2021 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Tuesday, 19 January 2021. A substantive answer was provided by Helen Whately (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 February 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Home Care Services: Coronavirus
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that asymptomatic domiciliary care workers providing intimate care for clinically extremely vulnerable people and others with vulnerabilities are able to access regular covid-19 testing.
- Answer
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On 23 November 2020, we began offering domiciliary care organisations access to regular, weekly COVID-19 testing for their carers looking after people in their own homes from an online portal.
Domiciliary care workers are able to access weekly PCR tests to administer at home, which will help identify more asymptomatic cases and protect care recipients who are more vulnerable to COVID-19.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 137968
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Disease control Home care services Screening Coronavirus
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- 2021-02-11 14:39:59 +0000
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